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Taihape Daily Times, 25 August 1919, Page 5

RUSSIA.

l BOLSHEVIK OUTRAGE ON PERSIAN CON SUL. ' Received 9.0 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 22. I Advices have been relteiwed Athat the Bolshevists occupied Armavs, in Armenia, the hauled down the flag of the Persian Consulalte, and shot, down the Consul, though he was wearing his ofl‘icial‘uniforln. They mutilated this body and 1-ooted the building, taking much valuable property. They also {machine gunned 600 Persians and Molhammedans, who ‘were sheltering in ‘ the Consulate, killing a.nd wounding I-them en masse_ o ‘ ' THE FATE Ol‘ PETROGRAD. 1 AN OPTIMISTIC GENERAL. I Received 10.10 am . I HELSINGFORS, Aug. 22. I General Blakovitch predicts that Petragrad will be captured before Octo. ber. He believes Ithat: half the Red ‘Army is awaiting a favourable opporltunity to surrender. His ‘advance [awaits further War material from the Entellte_ ' OPERATION-S IN ESTHONIA. Received 10.10 am. ‘ COPENHAGEN, Aug. 23. The Esthonian Press ii-gency -r..nnaunces that a regiment of troops in Predesky district surrendered without ifighting. Also that :a. fiormer comman-der-in-ehief -of Ithe army in Livonia has isurrendered to ,tlie Lcttish GoViernF ment. ' i ._.._.__...__.._ ; BRITISH ON MURMAN COAST. ‘ Received 10.10 a.m.. 1 OHRISTIANIA. Aug. 23. l The Tidens Tegns’ correspondent on‘ the Murman Coast states that large Briitisli transports laden with troops and ammunition are arriving daily. The arrivals outnumber those leaving homeWards. ‘ ; r A ‘THE BOLSHEVIKS. V . I NEW ENEMIES STEADILY V APPEARING. _ » . STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23. Goussof, a rnernber of the’Bolsheviki Supreme Defence Commission, in ai speech, said it was inevitable that“ Bolshevik power would become ex—|. hausted, as new enemies wer steadllyi appearing. The Bolsheviks would be‘ forced to negotiate with ‘Allied Imper-g ialists. They must grant capitalisfsl important concessions and recognisei the independence of frontier countriesii LONDON, Aug. 23. ' Polish offieial.-—The Poles crushing-i ly defeated the Bolsheviks at Slutsk,! south of Minsk, capturing an entire‘ brigade, with General Grigoriff audf staff. They now hold the entire rail-i Way from Vilna to Rovno and Brody} ROUMANIANS DEFEAT BOL— 1, SHIVIKS. E _....._. I GENEVA, Aug. 22. g

I The Roumanians crushed a Bolshevik attempt to cross the mouth of the }Dneister on the 20th. They captured }seven guns, twenty-six convoys of supplies, and several hundred prisoners. . LONDON, Aug. 24. F The War Oflice learns that Deni—lkerfs troops have occupied Odessa. i THE KOLTCHAK GOVERNMENT. I LONDON, Aug. 23. ; Ambassador Morris who Was S-‘lnt t 0 ‘investigate the position in Siberia, reports that a crisis within the Kolchak iGoVernment is expected to culminate Hvithin a month. There is much fricttion between the military commanders lowing to the shortage of supplies. Mr §Morris urges the recognition of KolIchak if he survives the next month. i The Daily Express-’s Helsingfcrs i'Corl'espon(lent. states that the Esthonlians refused to accept the Nol‘th-Wt~st Ifiussian Government’s guarantee of iEsthonian independence, which they ‘demanded as a condition to a combinied attack on Petrograd. Disruption of line Esthonian Cabinet followed. It is inow believed nothing short of a mirlacle can effect the fall of Petrogfai; this year. . The Ukrainian Bureau states that ‘in the elections for communal councils, the Bolsheviks were crushingly defeated, polling only a third of the 'votes, despite terrorising measures. K BOLSHEVDK FLEET BROKEN. I STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23. The fighting capacity of the BolsheFvik fleet at Kronstadt is completely broken. Aeroplane attacks on Krontstadt destroyed immense stocks of am‘munition. ‘ t BOLSHEVIK HORRORS AT } KHAIKOI‘ J -——-——- 1 Received 10.10 em. 1 LONDON, Aug. 22. i A ._corr<\‘sp{o:ndent ‘in tS‘outtll," Russi-a.' gives Djewetnesses’ account of scenes‘ in Khaikoff, following its recapture

from Ithe Bolsheviks." Tens of thousands of people we‘re”'erowded in the vicinity ‘of a five storey torture-house, various rooms of which were found literally crowded. with corpses and blood-stained clothing. The Walls were spattered with blood. All tthe victims had been tortured A pit six feet deep, close to the house contained forty bodies. Strips of skin were ltorn off. Some of‘ these bodies had nails driven into the heads and ribs. In another pit were fifteen bodies, including women; all bore terrible indications of torture. One man and woman had been buried alive after their mouths were filled with earth, and the tongue jammed between the teeth. Terrible scenes of griefoecurred ‘as members of the crowd recognised relatives among the vicitims.